Handbook of public sociology

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Jeffries, Vincent
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Redefining the nature and future of sociology : toward a holistic sociology / Vincent Jeffries
  • Burawoy's holistic sociology and Sorokin's "integralism" : a conversation of ideas / Lawrence T. Nichols
  • Rethinking Burawoy's public sociology : a post-empiricist reconstruction / Raymond A. Morrow
  • Social justice and critical public sociology / Joe Feagin, Sean Elias, and Jennifer Mueller
  • Public sociology and the future : the possible, the probable, and the preferable / Wendell Bell
  • The scientific system of public sociology : the exemplar of Pitirim A. Sorokin's social thought / Vincent Jeffries
  • A sociology for public sociology : some needed disciplinary changes for creating public sociology / Herbert J. Gans
  • Some suggested standards for distinguishing between good and bad public sociology / Norval D. Glenn
  • On writing public sociology : accountability through accessibility, dialogue, and relevance / Damon Mayrl and Laurel Westbrook
  • Recapturing the sociological imagination : the challenge for public sociology / Frank Furedi
  • Presenting sociology's four "faces" : problems and prospects for the high school course / Michael DeCesare
  • Teaching and public sociology / Caroline Hodges Persell
  • From data to drama : returning research to convicted survivors / Elizabeth Dermody Leonard
  • Integrating the four sociologies : the "Baigou project" in China / Lina Hu
  • Becoming public sociology : indigenous nations, dialogue, and change / Stephen Cornell
  • Talking about racial disparities in imprisonment : a reflection on experiences in Wisconsin / Pamela E. Oliver
  • Public membership on medical licensing boards : an integrated public and professional project / Ruth Horowitz
  • Counting the deaths in Darfur : pitfalls on the pathway to a public sociology / Bill McCarthy and John Hagan
  • Engaged social movement scholarship / Robert Kleidman
  • Public sociology and universal human rights / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
  • Altruism, apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation as public sociology / Samuel P. Oliner
  • A public sociology for a global age : recovering the political / Saskia Sassen
  • Global altruism : some considerations / Edward A. Tiryakian
  • Futures in the making : sociological practice and challenge / Barbara Adam
  • The public sociology wars / Michael Burawoy.